Also —> Make sure you take a look at the bargain book/reader recommendations below. Not a huge list like Friday’s (of course), but this one looks extra angsty-good. And I. Mean. ANGSTY. Heartbreaking, and heart-wrenchingly intense.

ALSO!!! —-> Don’t forget to check out last night’s “Early-bird New Releases” post, ’cause I’m getting some great feedback on some of those, too! Like the book about the blogger that makes a point out of discovering a male author’s true identity (and meets him at a book convention) and Kendall Grey’s latest release (mob book). I’m hearing it’s awesome, too! Oh!! And uber-popular fanfic “Dusty” (at least book #1) has finally been released on Amazon. It’s on that list, too!

P.S. Let me know if I’m missing any or if you loved any (from this list or elsewhere).

P.P.S. Don’t have a Kindle? No problem! Amazon offers various free Kindle apps and a free Kindle Cloud readerfor any and ALL of us to use. You can either use the free Kindle App for your smartphone, tablet, AND your desktop computer (just like you’re using a Kindle, but right through your web browser <— No need to download anything! )

BARGAINS(NOTE: bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order).

53 Letters For My Lover by Leylah Attar <— this one sounds ANGSTY!!!! “…the perfect wife, the perfect mother, the perfect daughter. For thirty-three years, she has played by the rules, swallowing secrets, burying dreams and doing whatever it takes to anchor her family. Shayda Hijazi is about to come face to face with the one thing that can rip it all apart, the one thing her heart has always been denied: love.” And then she meets “Troy Heathgate”…. “Now Shayda is flying free and Troy has found the one thing that centers his soul. But even as they beat the odds, Shayda is diagnosed with cancer and faces a painful dilemma. On the one hand is the man who makes her feel gloriously alive and on the other, her children, and a husband ravaged by the past.“

Puddle Jumping by Amber L. Johnson <— UNCONVENTIONAL LOVE STORY ALERT!! recommended by Cynthia: “This week I read a sweet and amazing book: “Puddle Jumping” by Amber L. Johnson. It’s a short and beautiful love story about a very special boy and an amazing girl that loves him unconditionally. The author writes from the heart and it’s a world she is well versed in.” From the blurb: “Their bond is cut short due to her accident prone nature and they go their separate ways. Years later, they meet again and Lilly learns that there is something special about the boy she once knew, but she has no idea what it all means. And she’s not sure if she’s ready to find out.“

Wrecking Ball by B.N. Toler <— Nancy found out this one today! Cheryl says: “Finished Wrecking Ball. Well-written, multi-faceted emotional read. Dear God, I need to take a break from these emotional reads or invest in Kleenex stock ” From the blurb: “Sometimes all it takes is one moment, fleeting as it may be, to crush what was once strong and indestructible, like a wrecking ball. Now Sophia has left and as she rediscovers herself, Brandon is left holding the shattered pieces of their lives, trying to figure out how to put them back together. “

Life After Taylah by Bella Jewel <— Stephanie found us this deal! Oooooooh YES!!! I remember this blurb from a month or so ago’s list. “A love affair. Champion Motocross Racer. Bad boy. Married.” Yep… also hovering in my TBR list!

Kismet by A.E. Woodward <— Kate recommends this one: “Have you read Kismet by A.E. Woodward yet? Oh my land. All sorts of nasty tears coming from this girl. LOL SOOOO worth it though. An incredible read.” From the blurb: “Her husband, daughter, and unborn baby. . . all gone in a flash. The life that she’d come to know, gone before she ever really got to live it. With a broken heart, she deals the only way she knows how, by shutting it all off. No communicating, no feelings, just pure nothingness.“

If I Break by Portia Moore <— Janet recommends it saying: “I have to recommend this one. It has a vibe like one we were all reading last week. Read the description, but be careful of spoilers in the reviews. You need to go in blind.” <—- Eeeeeeep!!! I know what book you’re talking about (Is it this one? Rainfall by Melissa Delport). Thank you for this, Janet!!!!

Embracing My Submission (The Doms Of Genesis Book 1) by Jenna Jacob <— Oh a DREAM-man Dom… “Haunted for years by dreams of a savage, amber eyed Dominant with lips so enticing my soul ached in frustration and lust. None of the Dominants at Genesis, my local BDSM club ever stirred me in such blistering ways. While I tried to fill my submissive desires vicariously through interactions at the club, I attempted to convince myself it was enough. But it wasn’t. My dream Dom made certain I hungered for more…”

Accidentally Married on Purpose: A Love and Games Novel by Rachel Harris <— FAMOUS GUY ALERT!! “Country music superstar Tyler Blue just wants a weekend of anonymity…though there’s something about the spunky waitress with the streaks of purple hair that tempts him like no other. Until the next morning, when they both wake up with fuzzy memories…and rings on their fingers.“

Shame on Him (Fool Me Once) by Tara Sivec <— “When a routine subpoena-delivery turns up a dead body, Lorelei knows that solving the murder is exactly what she needs to boost her confidence…until private investigator Dallas Osborne walks in and takes over the case. Dallas has always rubbed Lorelei the wrong way. It’s aggravating enough that he’s a pompous ass, but he’s also entirely too good-looking.“

The Witness by Ginna Gray <— MOB is after her and FBI agent is protecting her! “Their traitorous emotions—and their survival skills—are put to the ultimate test when their plane crashes during a blizzard. Now they are stranded in the mountains with hit men hot on their trail, and danger is closing in on Lauren and Wolf. There’s a traitor in the ranks of the FBI and Wolf knows there is nowhere safe to hide—except in a world he left behind long ago…“

Rough and Tumble (Rough and Tumble Series) by Crystal Green <— “After Molly Preston flees a dead-end job with a lecherous boss, she finds herself in even hotter water after one of her best friends makes the wrong bet in a poker game with a sexy bad boy drifter in a backroom of the Rough & Tumble.”

VAIN (The VAIN Series Book 1) by Deborah Bladon <— “After returning from a semester in Paris, Alexa is back in her hometown of Boston and looking for anything but the drama that surrounds Noah. He’s intense, gifted, famous and a bastard through and through.“

The Inheritance by Olivia Mayfield <— “…only one of them will win his millions: whoever finds out the truth about what happened to Maggie’s younger sister Cassandra, who vanished over eight years ago.”

Get What You Need by Jeanette Grey <— M/M ROMANCE ALERT!!! “Then his housemate, gorgeous undergraduate jock Marshall Sulkowski, invites him to watch a movie. In his room. Side by side on his bed. Needless to say, the sexual tension is wreaking havoc with Greg’s focus.“

Body Work by Fiona Hood-Stewart <— “Someone wants her dead and she can’t remember why…”

Addicted: An Ethan Frost Novel; A Loveswept New Adult Romance by Tracy Wolff <— He’s rich and handsome… “But sometimes it terrifies me how much I crave him, how much I need him just to breathe. I always thought it would be my past that ruined us, but there’s a darkness in Ethan I never dreamed existed. Can we survive as his secrets surface—threatening to unravel us both?“

Her Temporary Hero (a Once a Marine Series book) (Entangled Indulgence) by Jennifer Apodaca <— Oh THIS sounds good!! Similar premise to a few, but the added factor that she’s on the run from her abusive ex. “Former beauty queen Becky Holmes and her baby are on the run from her dangerous ex. With her dreams of love and marriage destroyed, she’ll do anything to protect her child…even agree to hide out in her boss’s cousin’s house while he’s away. Wealthy, sexy, and emotionally haunted Logan Knight needs a temporary wife to get his land, per his dad’s rules. No wife, no inheritance. But when that wife lands on his doorstep and comes with a baby, his darkest memories are triggered. He tries to keep his distance, but his efforts are shattered when he starts to have real feelings for his fake wife and child.“

Gotta love the novellas and short series reads they are great fillers!
The day is finally here I’ve been waiting for the Book of Life for so long! I one clicked right when I woke up!! Something about this trilogy just pulls me in and I have read & listened to the first 2 books several times!!!

I was planning on starting 53 Letters For My Lover after I finish VIP (on the fence still about if I like it or not), and I just added If I Break, Wrecking Ball and Savage Kind of Love to my list. Of course, I also had to one-click several others from above, but those jumped to the top of my list!

I’m off to help a neighbor chaperone a Maleficent movie party. And taking my large purse so that I can hide my phone in it and read during the movie!

I HIGHLY recommend 53 letters, me and my reading buddy can’t get it out of our heads a week later and there’s a free companion novella ‘From his lips’. Angst to the max and so beautifully written. Also suprisingly explicit

I loved Life After Taylah. It’s such a great story, and angsty. It gave me that sad choked feeling and that happy, smiley feeling throughout the story. The biggest thrill here is Book of Life. I can’t wait to start it. I’m in the middle of something else, but I should stop now since I can’t concentrate on it due to wanting to read Book of Life instead.

I read the Pulse books a couple of days ago. I highly recommend them;) Addictive and angsty! Short novels. And Oh my GOD! I’m reading Alpha by Jasinda Wilder now;) Hot and mysterious alphamale with a big secret. The book is HOT:)

One-clicking is so easy!! It’s figuring out what to read next that’s the hard part, especially with my book Dom breathing down my neck to read from my TBR list! Clicked- Word Play, Maybe Maby, Hot Blooded, If I Break.

Hey Amy- LOVED concealer combo you rec’d before. Also tried the 2 mascaras I just bought. Like YSL one, the Too Faced better than sex- not so much- “clumps”. What’s VIP book?

Yay!!! *happy dance* I’ll bet it looks *beautiful*!! Hubby like, right? Now I want to go and play with my makeup. *giggle* I love how excited we get around here over this stuff.

The movie was actually entertaining enough to keep me from reading during it. Well, that and running little girls to the bathroom and making sure their popcorn stayed full and cleaning up spilled drinks and doling out candy and trying to keep them from talking too loud and even breaking up a spat…yeah, it was that crazy. *shaking and holding head*

Cheryl, I’m glad the combo worked for you! And I appreciate the input about the Better Than Sex mascara…guess it wasn’t, huh? *snicker* VIP is by M. Robinson, and it’s okay so far. Let’s just say that it is taking a while to even get to what is in the blurb, but it’s interesting enough that I’m hanging in there.

Oh, and Maryse? Your grammar is looking mighty nice today. Did you get a visit from your Book Dom’s buddy? LOL!!!

“Ascared”? You are so going to get it from grammar Dom’s paddle now, LOL!! And, um, I don’t think there is such a thing as TMI around me…Brazilian and frozen peas?

I love Buxom lip glosses, probably as much as MAC Lip Glass! Cherry Flip doesn’t seem like it would be *too* red, especially compared to Kir Royale. And gloss is a great way to ease into red on the lips.

Forever Consumed by Skyla Madi – book 3 in the Consumed series – is on super sale for 99c right now too. I’ve been wanting to dive into book 2 for so long so getting this one so cheap might be the push I need!

Jen C, thanks for that info on Forever Consumed! I just one clicked it immediately! Read the first book and loved it, and had already bought 2nd book. Now I am looking forward to getting back to that series!

I just finished reading The Good Girl. It took me almost 3/4 of the book to really start to like it. The ending was great and I was wondering if you or anyone knows if she is writing a sequel to it. Thanks

GAH! Can someone please tell Portia Moore that I need, as in NEEEEEEED the follow up to If I Break, like yesterday?!? Maryse, I am hungover this morning from this and it’s in the best way! Can’t wait to see where it goes from here. Pulled me right in…thank you Kleenex! But as it progressed, I was feeling what she was feeling…swoony, gut-punchy (totally a word,right?) and everything in between…right down to the wha-whaaaaaat whaaaaat!? And the oooooohhhhh hell no’s! Worth it! Gimme more

Amy~
IKR…doesn’t that just kill the whole experience?!? Anyway….I’d say it isn’t a terrible cliffhanger like some of the others we’ve all read through BUT it gave me that “unsettled” feeling….the next one cannot get here fast enough so ermmmm yeah….

A few days ago, one of you recommended Take by Ella Frank. I tried to find your post again but I can’t. I just wanted to say thank you so much for mentioning it. I loved it. I’ve only read a couple of M/M books and really other than the BDB one, I wasn’t impressed. Since the one you recommded is a sequel, I picked up Try first. I always have to start at the beginning. Lol — Tate and Logan’s story is fantastic. A really beautiful love story. While there is steamy and descriptive sex scenes, they are so much a part of the story that they only add to the plot. I’m hooked for sure. These guys are awesome. I’m in love with both of them. So glad there’s a 3rd book coming out. So sad I have to wait for it. But maybe good since maybe I’ll catch up on the sleep I missed the past two nights. I’m on to Word Play next. I was planning on starting it the day it came out, but I’d just met Tate and Logan and couldn’t break away then. hehe I hope the one who recommended Take remembers doing so cause this big ol’ thank you is for you girl.

Cheryl, I’m with you on cliffhangers. I’d rather not read them until the sequel comes out. Two things I have to have in my books, a beginning and ending (even if there is a subsequent installment) and an HEA. — or is that 3 things?

Finished Trapped and its prequel The Trap. Was good, although would have liked the angst to play out a little more.

Did find out from author that LOVE IN REWIND is an interconnected standalone, it’s Emily & Louis’ story.The next book will be interconnected to LOVE IN REWIND with similar characters but book II in the AUDIO FOOLS series is Sara’s (Emily’s BFF) love story.

Starting After I do… have kleenex ready…

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